聽(tīng)懂老外聊生活英語(yǔ)對(duì)話 社交 41：給小費(fèi)大學(xué)問(wèn)

　　Topic41 給小費(fèi)大學(xué)問(wèn)

　　情境導(dǎo)讀

　　Bryan和Cherry來(lái)到一家餐館吃飯，席間他們討論起給小費(fèi)的問(wèn)題，吃完飯結(jié)賬時(shí)Bryan主動(dòng)給了服務(wù)員小費(fèi)。

　　英語(yǔ)情景會(huì)話

　　(以下B代表Bryan,C代表Cherry,W代表Waitress)

　　B: I like dining in this area. It is not necessary for you to give tips.

　　C: Yeah, but if you go to a fancy restaurant. they do expect tips.

　　B: Yes. Sometimes the tip is a lot of money.

　　C: That reminds me.I was in one of those theme restaurants. When I got the check.I found that the tip had already been added. I felt cheated.

　　B: In those restaurants which charge tips automatically, the waiters must share their tips with the owner. And their salary isn't very high, so the tips are an important part of their income.

　　C: Oh, you made me feel bad for them.

　　B: Don't be too bad. Just leave a tip. Waitress, can I have the bill?

　　W: Here it is, sir. Your bill totals 88 yuan.

　　B: Please add 15% to the total account. That's my tip for you.

　　W: Thank you very much, sir.

　　英語(yǔ)筆記

　　1.濁化現(xiàn)象，but 的/t/濁化為/d/，連讀為/b?d?f/。

　　2.fancy restaurant 指“高級(jí)餐館”。

　　3.省音現(xiàn)象。added 詞尾的/d/在口語(yǔ)中幾乎聽(tīng)不到。

　　4.加音現(xiàn)象。here it is 連讀為/h??r?t?z/加了輔助音/r/。

　　英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)音語(yǔ)調(diào)

　　英語(yǔ)的語(yǔ)調(diào)——降升調(diào)

　　對(duì)話中Bryan說(shuō) "Can ↗I↘ have the bill↗?" 表示用委婉的語(yǔ)氣征求對(duì)方同意。在反意疑問(wèn)句中，如果提問(wèn)者對(duì)問(wèn)題沒(méi)有把握，希望對(duì)方回答時(shí)也用降升調(diào)，如：

　　It's going to↑ rain↘, isn't it↗?

　　要下雨了，不是嗎?

　　陳述句在表示有言外之意時(shí)要用降升調(diào)，如：

　　A：Do you like the apartment?

　　你喜歡這套公寓嗎?

　　B: It's↗ new↗.

　　挺新的。(就是小了點(diǎn)兒。)